Returning home after being away for two long years, 16 year old Joanie Caldwell learns what is truly important in life: family, friendship and love.
Joanie stumbles along the path to adulthood along with her best friend Kate. She soon learns that things do change and not always for the better. One of the major changes she takes note of is her brother’s friend Eric. Will he notice her as well?

In the book, Julius A. Williams III recounts his experiences as a substitute counselor at a Philadelphia public middle school, exposing incidents involving students, teachers, administration, school police, parents, and more. “Philadelphia does not have to be defined by these failures, but we cannot start solving these problems happening every day in our schools until we acknowledge them.”

Jimmy can talk to animals. No big deal, probably part of his Mohawk heritage. But one day, Coyote tells him, "You have to go to school. There's going to be trouble."
Turns out a bully's slashing his way through a hit list, starting with one of the vice principals and closing in on Jimmy himself at number four.
Now Jimmy's got to protect them all--with some help from the birds and the beasts.

Moving from comfortable suburbia to the reinvigorating inner-city wasn't supposed to be a problem for Ruth Tempelton. After all, pretty girls with rich parents and charm fit into every situation.
Until now. Now ambition threatens the establishment, parents' traditions are obsolete, survival is a daily goal and there is no worse guilt than by association.
It's just another day at high school.

Fifteen years ago, Darcy Walker’s parents thought it was a good idea to give her a unique name. Darcy, meaning “dark walker.” Whether that was a stroke of genius or stroke of stupid, they nailed the irony. She lacks direction, her grades stink, she’s average in the looks department, and she’s stuck on a bad boy. Her life changes when she finds a dead body. Trouble is, will she live to see sixteen?

Crime in schools and colleges is one of the most troublesome social problems in the Nation today. Not only does it affect those involved in the criminal incident, but it also hinders societal growth and stability. In that light, it is vital to understand the characteristics surrounding crime in schools, colleges, and universities and the offenders who reportedly commit these offenses.

The standards describe the quality assurance requirements that laboratories performing forensic DNA testing or utilizing the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) shall follow to ensure the quality and integrity of the data generated by the laboratory. These standards also apply to vendor laboratories that perform forensic DNA testing in accordance with Standard 17.